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With I<--verbose> B<update-alternatives> chatters incessantly about its activities on its standard output channel. If problems occur, B<update-alternatives> outputs error messages on its standard error channel and returns an exit status of 2. These diagnostics should be self-explanatory; if you do not find them so, please report this as a bug.

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There are several packages which provide a text editor compatible with B<vi>, for example B<nvi> and B<vim>. Which one is used is controlled by the link group B<vi>, which includes links for the program itself and the associated manpage.

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To display the available packages which provide B<vi> and the current setting for it, use the I<--display> action:

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B<update-alternatives --display vi>

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To choose a particular B<vi> implementation, use this command as root and then select a number from the list:

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B<update-alternatives --config vi>

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To go back to having the B<vi> implementation chosen automatically, do this as root:

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B<update-alternatives --auto vi>

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If you find a bug, please report it using the Debian bug-tracking system.

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If you find any discrepancy between the operation of B<update-alternatives> and this manual page, it is a bug, either in the implementation or the documentation; please report it.